Author: Mark

I spent the last two weeks trying to find the source of the “slanted” printing (see pic above) and solve the problem (also, going insane in the process) , here are the steps i went through to get to the

After a series of semi catastrophic breakdowns (fried heated bed controller and polulu driver etc), aswell as less than perfect reliability (almost half of my print attempts failed one way or the other) and generally not so good print quality , i

Having a 3d scanning capability integrated into the Doboz repstrap system was planned from the beginning, but finally got put into place. Having a 3d scanning capability integrated into the Doboz repstrap system was planned from the beginning, but finally

Hello everyone ! After spending days trying to figure out why in the world i was having problems printing small details on objects , but no issues with bigger parts , i had a “eureka” moment last night (or a

First things first : it’s ALIIIIIVE MWHAHAHA ! That being said: progress has been moving along a a faster rate in the last few weeks, and beside a few Things to add and adjust on the software side , the machine is

Since i was satisfied with the way the control of the repstrap was working with the temporary electronics setup (on protoboards), i started work on the permanent solution, using standalone AtMega328 (the chip powering the more recent version of Arduino

Here is a quick rundown on the latest changes: since the final stepper motor driver that was supposed to run the extruder’s stepper turned out to be stillborn, and out of stock to boot, so no possible replacement, I decided

“Hey Mark, what the hell is that weird looking thing again” ? To put it simply, the extruder driver of a reprap /repstrap machine is the part that MOVES the plastic filament that is going to be melted, using different

The project.is still progressing at a good pace but a lot of smaller and bigger problems have also been cropping up : on some days it really seems like ” solve one problem and 10 more will appear”: Here is